- Saturday, April 20, 2024
By: Lauren Codling
by LAUREN CODLING SOUTH ASIAN children are the most likely to be overweight or obese in the UK, a new study has found. Fifty per cent of south Asian boys and 40 per cent of girls were shown to be overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school, in research conducted by St George’s, University of London. Mohammed Hudda, lead author of the study, said the current Body Mass Index (BMI) measure being used does account for ethnicity – but this new measure has been adjusted to incorporate an ethnic component. This means that south Asian and black…
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